Vocabulary

Find out the correct pronunciation, meaning and language origins of the following foreign borrowings:

1. Atelier
-a workshop for artist or designers

2. Billet Doux
-love letter

3. Coup de Grace
-the final, fatal blow

4. Denouement
-the climax or conclusion of a play or movie in which the loose ends are tied and addressed

5. Elan
-style, enthusiasm and energy

6. Faux Pas
-an embarrassing act in a social situation

7. Gestalt
-a whole which is perceived to be more than the sum of its parts

8. Hasta la Vista
-till we meet again

9. Incognito
-to conceal one's identity

10. Je ne sais quoi
-an indefinable, elusive quality

11. Kosher
(Jewish)- Diet consisting of 'clean' animals for food. eg: fish with scales only, no dogs or pigs, animlas with four hooves only.

12. Largesse
-generosity in the bestowal of money and gifts

13. Maven
-an expert or connoisseur

14. Nonpareil
-unrivaled

15. Oeuvre
-works of a painter or artist regarded collectively

16. Piece de resistance
-the most important or remarkable feature of a meal or art piece

17. Quid Pro Quo
-a favour granted in return for something

18. Raison D'etre
-reason or justification for existence

19. Schmooze
-gossip, idle chat

20. Tabula Rasa
-an absence of preconceived goals or ideas; a clean slate

21. Uber
-the supreme example of a particular kind of person or thing

22. Viz
-short form of videlicet, which means namely

23. Weltanschauung
-the worldview of a particular group of people

24. Zeitgeist
-the spirit of the times